We wish to promote Numeracy and a zest for Mathematics in our students. We hope that each student finds purpose in their work and is able to apply their Mathematical knowledge and skills across the curriculum and throughout their lives.

A Level Mathematics

It supports any of the Sciences, Geography and Psychology. On its own the subject develops understanding of algebraic proof, mechanics and statistical techniques.

A Level Further Mathematics

It is designed for the most able mathematicians. It is particularly suitable for students wanting to study Mathematics at university but also supports engineers and scientists.

Both A Level and A Level Further Mathematics carry great weight with universities. The courses can be divided into six units, three are taught in Year 12 and three in Year 13. Wollaston School follows the AQA examination course. There is a 90 minute examination for each unit each unit, each contributing to one sixth of the final award.

Year 12 Mathematics

In Year 12 many units of work are studied, Core 1 – Core 4, Statistics and Mechanics. Below are a few examples of the units, please click on the link below for the full list of areas covered.

In Year 13 three units of work are covered throughout the year, Unit 4, Unit 5 and Unit 6.

Unit 4 – Further Pure 3

Lines and Planes

Vector Product

De Moivre’s Theorem

Group Theory

Calculus

Unit 5 – Further Pure 4

Vectors

Matrix Algebra

Linear Independence

Determinants

Solution of Linear Equations

Unit 6 – Mechanics 2

Moments

Centre of Mass

Variable Acceleration

Uniform Circular Motion

Hookes Law

Work, Energy and Power

Computing

At Wollaston school, we believe that a high-quality computing education equips pupils to use computational thinking and creativity to understand and change the world. Computing has deep links with mathematics, science, and design and technology, and provides insights into both natural and artificial systems.

The core of computing is computer science, in which pupils are taught the principles of information and computation, how digital systems work, and how to put this knowledge to use through programming. Building on this knowledge and understanding, pupils are equipped to use information technology to create programs, systems and a range of content.

KS3 Computing

At KS3, students take computing lessons for 1 lesson per week. In this time they cover, various aspects of computing, including:

At KS4, students may choose to opt for GCSE Computer Science, following the OCR exam board syllabus. They receive 3 lessons per week, in which students learn the required theory as well as coding tuition, in the Python programming language.

The Raspberry Pi Team took part in the International School’s robotics competition, known as PI Wars. To take part , they had to build a robot with a Raspberry Pi head, which completed a variety of challenges against other schools.
Challenges included self-guiding (using sensors) and remote-controlled challenges, including a drag race, maze, obstacle course, crazy golf, target-shooting, jousting (with pins and balloons) as well as being judged on technical merits (by Robot Wars head judge, Dr Lucy Rogers) , aesthetics and the quality of the BUILD BLOG created in the months leading up to the event.
The five students Sam Drage (Yr 13), Adam Bebbington (Yr 13), Sam Young (Yr 12), Nathanael Hogg (Yr 11) and Natasha (Yr 10) each had a role and should be congratulated on coming 8th out of 29 teams, some coming from as far as Turkey, Malaysia and Hong Kong!

Year 8 Computer Coding Game

Three of our year eight students, who regularly attend our after school Coding Club, entered a competition organised by Cranfield University and the British Computer Society. They created a game, based on the theme of identity theft, alongside a promotional video and Google Play listing. The girls were runners up in the Year 8 section. The presentation took place at Cranfield University where they were lucky enough to try out a control tower simulator and Amy and Niamh also had a chance to fly in a plane simulator.